#theLIST: Our Essential Guide to Art Basel

Before you get stuck in an ocean of event listings (or the one at the beach), we give you our essential ABMB 2013 field guide.

Before you get stuck in an ocean of event listings (or the one at the beach), we give you our essential ABMB 2013 field guide.

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Courtesy Drive Thru

1) COLETTE ART DRIVE-THRU AT THE ALCHEMIST

Stop by the Colette Art DRIVE-THRU at the Lincoln Road concept boutique Alchemist for the most aesthetically pleasing Happy Meal you’ll ever devour. After ordering from a virtual “menu,” featuring exclusive retail items from the biggest names in art and fashion, you will be served your personally curated products by a carhop on skates. Installed in the parking garage adjacent to Alchemist at the Herzog & de Meuron-constructed 1111 Lincoln Road, the drive-thru is open December 2 – 8, 10am - 9pm.

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Courtesy Marina Abramovic

2) A PORTRAIT OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC

Marina Abramovic is in the air—upstate, online, and especially in Miami, as hostess to the famously star-studded UNTITLED fair preview benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation as well as her own institute. The art world provocatrix continues her Basel tour with the YoungArts and Visionaire-sponsored world premiere of A Portrait of Marina Abramovic, a 3D film installation by Matthu Placek. Screenings of the film will take place every 15 minutes on December 3, 7:30pm – midnight at Jewel Box.

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Jason Schmidt

3) Bazaar Takes Basel

Harper’s BAZAAR is hitting Art Basel with full force, kicking off our stay with a dinner hosted by Glenda Bailey and Takashi Murakami, whose delectable Monsters are the stars of our December issue. But let’s not forget about that other most important element of ABMB: the clothes. Drop in and shop the curated looks featured in ShopBAZAAR.com’s three-day pop-up boutique at the Soho Beach House, opening December 3 and culminating in a bona fide day of beauty on December 5.

Husband-and-wife artist dream team Rob and Nick Carter live life in color—and they’re taking us along for the ride at The Fine Art Society Contemporary booth at PULSE, running December 5 – 8. Displayed alongside the Carters’ work are pieces by expert light manipulator Chris Levine and mixed media guru Janet Laurence.

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5) WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LE BARON?

We figure Andre Saraiva doesn’t get much sleep during ABMB. Sailing on last year’s glittery success, the party boy’s famous club-hunt, “Where is Le Baron?,” returns December 3 – 8, revealing a changing location by text at 6pm nightly (via the Where is Le Baron app and social media). But if you’re not into the thrill of the chase, Le Baron is also initiating a daytime event December 4 – 8 at the Mondrian South Beach pool 2 – 6pm daily. Also Saraiva and photographer Jean Pigozzi will be raising a glass to artists Maurizio Cattelan, Damien Hirst, and Takashi Murakami at their Artist of the Day Poster Series, running December 3 – 5 in a pop-up gallery space at the Standard Spa.

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Courtesy Tracey Emin

6) TRACEY EMIN AT MOCA

The Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami is celebrating Art Basel in neon with "Tracey Emin: Angel Without You," opening December 4th. The exhibition is the art star’s American museum debut and will feature her signature, radiant works. Meanwhile, Emin’s gallery, Lehmann Maupin, will be exhibiting other exciting artworks at its official Art Basel tent (K15), including pieces by Mickalene Thomas, Teresita Fernández, and Do-Ho Suh.

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Courtesy The Delano

7) Party City

Take a break from fair hopping to relax—or not—at our other favorite feature of Art Basel, the parties. Our top picks include New York gallery The Hole’s fete at the Shore Club Pool and Sky Bar on December 4, with works by Matthew Stone on display, and MoMA PS1’s third legendary pool party at the Delano on December 6. See you there!

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8) The Art of Pinball

Remember those halcyon days of arcade games? Try the grown up, artfully minded version put on by artist duo FAILE and collaborator BÄST, with the help of Perrier at 1604 Washington Avenue, December 3 – 7, 3pm to late. At the FAILE BÄST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade, games maintain their old-timey and interactive identity but transform into a psychedelic mixed media installation.

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Courtesy GAP; Courtesy Cassina

9) Designer Collaborations

We love when an unlikely pair team up to create something brilliant. Purveyor of all-American basics, GAP collaborated with Visonaire on a set of limited edition t-shirts with the works of Sølve Sundsbø, Inez and Vinoodh, Yoko Ono and more—which will be available at The Webster Miami, the Gap, and V-Files New York. Louis Vuitton also paired up with Cassina to pay homage to architect Charlotte Perriand. The special exhibiton which debuts at ABMB features photography, fashion and furnishings.

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Courtesy Dominique Lévy

10) Seeing Double

High on our priority list for the Basel bound is the Dominique Lévy gallery’s show "Seeing Double", which puts John Baldessari and Jeff Koons, two heavyweights in the pantheon of contemporary American artists, in conversation with one another. The exhibition will present a variety of sculpture and photographic works by the two artists at the gallery’s official Art Basel Miami Beach stand (K11), December 5 – 8.

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